We-care.com

We-care.com is a browser add-on site that promotes specific online vendors in exchange for some percentage of the profits being given to charitable organizations. While this mission plan may seem like a reputable business, malware researchers were disheartened upon finding that We-care.com's add-on, the We-Care Reminder, often failed to respond appropriately to normal uninstall requests. We-care.com's product also may be bundled with other, unrelated programs, which usually is a distribution method only preferred by programs of questionable quality. You're welcome to make your own judgment calls of We-care.com's software, but if you need to remove We-care.com, the use of an appropriate PUP-removal program is highly emphasized.

All the Negative Details You Should Care About with We-care.com

Although you might think that the We-care.com's software primarily uses this same website for distributing itself, malware researchers also have seen numerous examples of the We-Care Reminder being bundled with third-party products on other sites. There are no clear patterns to these bundles, which may include diverse programs like PDF utilities or unofficial video player updates. The We-care.com's software may modify Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer, and includes distinct versions for each of these browsers, although Mac OS X and Linux appear to be unaffected.

We-care.com gets the theme of its Web address by claiming to provide money for charities, as long as you shop at its 'recommended' online retailers. However, other functions related to We-care.com add-ons also have historically caused other browser symptoms to appear, including:

• Additional advertisements that may be injected into a Web page when your browser loads it.
• Browser hijacks may redirect your browser to full-page advertisements or other, unneeded content.
• Changes made to your browser's homepage settings or search engine settings.
• Poor performance from We-care.com's program monitoring your Web traffic automatically.

None of these is sufficiently toxic to let malware experts rate We-care.com as more than a Potentially Unwanted Program. Nonetheless, even a PUP may harm the performance or long term safety of your browser, and the favoritism with which We-care.com views bundled installers may let We-Care Reminder install itself along with other, possibly threatening software.

Caring About Keeping Your PC Clean from We-care.com

It may be tempting to let your online shopping be tinged with an effortless 'donation' to charity, by default, but the continued controversy around We-care.com's company cause malware experts to recommend doing otherwise. If you even slightly doubt the benefits of We-care.com's add-on, you shouldn't hesitate to use proper PC security software to remove We-Care Reminder from your browser. Tellingly, uninstalling We-care.com software through other methods may fail to delete the add-on completely, which raises questions of the legitimacy of We-care.com's business strategy.

We-care.com software can be evaded by avoiding the sites and other download sources that are best-known for distributing bundles and other ignominious products. Competent file-scanning software can be able to detect a bundled product before installation, which is why a smart PC user will make a point of scanning any downloaded files that aren't implicitly trustworthy.